1843 1ed Francis DRAKE Life & Voyages PIRATES Treasure Spanish Armada San Juan

1843 1^ed Francis DRAKE Life & Voyages PIRATES Treasure Spanish Armada San Juan

 

Francis Drake was a 16^th-century English explorer best-remembered for circumnavigating the world in one expedition.

 

Author John Barrow was well-known writer of voyagers and world adventures covering famous expeditions of Columbus, Magellan, Cortez, and, Francis Drake. This biography of the life and voyages of Drake outlines his piracy and privateering, successes against the Spanish Armada, seeking and finding treasure, and his failed attempts to capture San Juan, Puerto Rico.

 

Item number: #19641

Price: $499

 

BARROW, John

 

The life, voyages and exploits of Admiral Sir Francis Drake

 

London: Murray, 1843. First edition.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [XII], 428p
• References: Sabin 6337
• Provenance: Bookplate – Charles Awdry
  • Major Charles Edwin Awdry TD, JP (1906 – 1965) was an English cricketer and British Army officer, as well as a Justice of the Peace. The son of Charles Selwyn Awdry and Constance Lilias, he was born in Paddington, London and educated at Winchester College.
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22.5cm x 14cm)

 

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